Technical Something noisy... maybe air con compressor pulley bearings....

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Technical Something noisy... maybe air con compressor pulley bearings....

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Hello All,

I've just bought a 58 reg Bravo 1.9 jtdm dynamic, its cheap and cheerful to use as a mile muncher for commuting. its got 85k miles on it, with a full service history, and the garage has just changed the cam belt for me along with an oil change and new mot and a couple of new front tyres. They also fixed the gear linkage, which they suggested is a common fault.

Anyway, with all of that, it should in theory be good to go for a while.... but i have one niggle - there's something making a nasty noise generally only on tickover, i haven't troubleshot this in any great detail yet, but my first instinct says its pulley bearings, and after sticking my head under the bonnet, it sounds like it might be coming from the air con compressor pump pulley

So just wondering if anyone has suffered similar, and if it needs a new compressor, how difficult a job is it?

I've also noticed that on the dual zone climate control, with both sides set to LO, the passenger side blows hot air - no big deal as I'll generally be the only one in the car and drivers side is fine, but would be nice if i can fix
 
Be great if its the idler pulley, I'd wager that's a cheaper fix than the compressor! I'll have to investigate more thoroughly when I get a chance
 
Turns out I should have paid more attention to the noisy pulley, it seized today and things got a bit warm, ended up with a visit from a big red engine on the hard shoulder of the A1!

Could have been a whole lot worse tho, as it is a new air con pump and belt should sort it.... oh and a new undertray to replace the one that melted...
 
Well Juliet (as I've christened her, showing my age....) Returned to me today with a brand spanking new air con pump at a cost to me of zero, that in my opinion is a result.... Now to hope nowt else goes wrong and I can start enjoying her......
 
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